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[Trofo]

Seems like it will be another bad day at bookies for me. I doubled down on my prediction and took Real to win reminder of the match @2.2. So all or nothing 

Damn!

That was though luck ngl, Speaking of playing badly, at least Barcelona had 2 shots on target, while Real Madrid had zero shots on target, despite dominating the entire possession, it was as though both teams switch styles for result. I knew that Barcelona stood more than a chance to win the game, and I could have chased the 4 odds, but I'd rather wait for NBA that have money and my emotions tied on the same side, I would have bet on Real Madrid for the 2nd leg, so I'd be betting against my emotions, it'd still make sense either Barcelona makes the final or I make some money  

Damn guys, in the end it seemed I got really lucky and chose the safest option with the least worry and yet the biggest payout.

I was contemplating all kinds of Betbuilder, including over 1 goals, over corners, over cards, BTTS, etc. Scorers. Then the game weirdly turns on a single own goal to give Barca the win at the best odds.

You were right Trofo the odds were fair, I just keep feeling biased as usual. For some reason, Real is Liverpool's bogey team but Barca is lately Real's bogey team!

My only regret is I did not go bigger with my bet, but I have miraculously recovered now 40% of my starting bankroll in SB in January, so I get closer to my season target. Is it degen that my season target is to get back deposit? Lol

You did not chose safest option but you did won the ticket which is only thing that is important. Doesn't matter if it was, luck feeling or stats whatever gets you there is good enough. Real was dominant in second half but Barca still got the best chance, unbelievable how Fati saved Real from going 2:0 down when Kessie shot was already going to the empty part of the net.

[slaman29]

You did not chose safest option but you did won the ticket which is only thing that is important. Doesn't matter if it was, luck feeling or stats whatever gets you there is good enough. Real was dominant in second half but Barca still got the best chance, unbelievable how Fati saved Real from going 2:0 down when Kessie shot was already going to the empty part of the net.

You cannot say it any better. I have even seen a guy put in 2x multibet from 10 different games and while I myself never take those low odds, I don't consider 1.1x safe, but kudos to anyone who wins.

I feel absolutely nervous when we don't have Pedri because he totally changes the game in every match, win or lose. But nice to see Ansu still figuring out how to make sure boss remembers we have a lot of talent.

Now, is Atletico a good bet today?

[buwaytress]

Man, the day did not start well for me at all. Picked both away teams in La Liga and EPL to win narrowly and they both do their best to lose the game quickly by giving away early goals.

Can't pretend to know much about Girona or Getafe so I admit I went for the tight away win (which I usually do when odds from bookies are extremely even, as was the case here).

I see only 3 of you went for the home win, can Girona pull off 2 goals in 2nd half?

Now, is Atletico a good bet today?

No =)

[slaman29]

Now, is Atletico a good bet today?

No =)

And of course they went on to score that many goals. Depay 2 goals, Griezmann, everyone is piling the misery onto poor Sevilla. Still kinda wish I took a bet on them but I suppose I saved myself money in the end because other teams didn't do well as I thought. Girona of course being something unexpected that was expected among one of them lol

Now the tempting thing is Barca on Valencia, another under 2.5 goals win maybe is what I go today.

[Trofo]

Now the tempting thing is Barca on Valencia, another under 2.5 goals win maybe is what I go today.

Should be good bet here. I expect Barca to win 1:0 or 2:0, they are still missing a lot of the fire power but defense on home turf is unbelievable for the club that is attacking as much as Barca. Only problem here is that they are playing against Valencia and that pricks are on top of my avoid list for a good reason. I am not touching their games no matter what I think. In the end Valencia always finds a way to screw with my ticket.

[buwaytress]

Now, is Atletico a good bet today?

No =)

And of course they went on to score that many goals. Depay 2 goals, Griezmann, everyone is piling the misery onto poor Sevilla. Still kinda wish I took a bet on them but I suppose I saved myself money in the end because other teams didn't do well as I thought. Girona of course being something unexpected that was expected among one of them lol

Now the tempting thing is Barca on Valencia, another under 2.5 goals win maybe is what I go today.

Whoops, there you go. I say it's a bad bet and you get a romper. That must be their biggest win margin this season, maybe in a long time even, my memory's not that good, or it just shelves Atletico into the [1-0] category. I know they actually had high-scoring games during the winning season with Suarez, but can't recall them ever being so adventurous after.

No money on any La Liga games today unfortunately. Maaaaybe Betis if Liverpool win but 52/10? Bleh. Agree with Trofo about Valencia, they + Sevilla just make their games go blank in my mind. For the rest of this season.

[slaman29]

Hope you didn't bet on Betis, buway. They helped us again, and we extend the lead to 2 points, so it was a happy weekend for me and Barca, seems like I need to consider 1-0 and 2-0 a lot now, and of course we still have to meet Real again so it's all good for us.

Even a draw in our next meetings would be very welcome at this stage.

I guess now also we need to prepare for Sevilla and Valencia in segunder...

[casperBGD]

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I guess now also we need to prepare for Sevilla and Valencia in segunder...

I am actually pretty much leaning toward Valencia securing their La Liga spot, Baraja improved our play, win over Sociedad was great, but it was a hard deal to expect more against Barca stadium
nevertheless, we did good

will see against Osasuna, expecting much better performance

[slaman29]

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I guess now also we need to prepare for Sevilla and Valencia in segunder...

I am actually pretty much leaning toward Valencia securing their La Liga spot, Baraja improved our play, win over Sociedad was great, but it was a hard deal to expect more against Barca stadium
nevertheless, we did good

will see against Osasuna, expecting much better performance

For your sake I hope you're right. To be honest I much prefer to see philosophy and style of Valencia in La Liga rather than say for example Eibar or Levante (although Granada if they played like their last La Liga presence was also fun).

Osasuna hopefully get distraction from cup, so good luck too!

[KTChampions]

Draw Osasuna - Celta got me a surprise yellow cap lol. I checked all the previous rounds and it's a yellow cap with an interesting record - the lowest number of points scored - just 9.5 
It's funny that if someone chose all the results as 0-0 then he would win this round by 12 points.
I hope when I use my free bet there will be less random.

[slaman29]

Good luck with your freebet KTChampions. This week almost gave a lot of us points, and then it ended up draw in the last minutes of the game (by the way 18 minutes is not even last minutes lol) so a few people got close and half the group ended with nothing. Strange game I think but there is no more normal games these days in my opinion.

I'm going to the the buway tactic and bet on upsets this week, although it did not work with Betis, maybe Espanyol I thought and then they actually score early but Real is Real and it's 2-1. Time to go to bed.

[casperBGD]

Valencia got a big win over Osasuna, and because this is a big win, one can conclude what a team status is, but hopefully Baraja will put our ship into mid-table region
with Gatusso or Voro, we would end up as draw last night, but now we are playing till last minute, and could even score second, but missed from a penalty spot

at least we are out from relegation zone

[buwaytress]

Valencia got a big win over Osasuna, and because this is a big win, one can conclude what a team status is, but hopefully Baraja will put our ship into mid-table region
with Gatusso or Voro, we would end up as draw last night, but now we are playing till last minute, and could even score second, but missed from a penalty spot

at least we are out from relegation zone

I started typing about Sevilla and Valencia, but nope, I'm not getting tricked. I do hope you're right and they're going on a win streak now to La Liga survival, though I'll be upset I won't be taking advantage of odds en route.

On the other hand, Sociedad and Villareal let me down today... and I have an unintentionally big bet (you know when you miss a decimal and your mind knows but your finger clicks confirm anyway?) on Barca to end my Sunday, so I hope they play well!

[Trofo]

Valencia got a big win over Osasuna, and because this is a big win, one can conclude what a team status is, but hopefully Baraja will put our ship into mid-table region
with Gatusso or Voro, we would end up as draw last night, but now we are playing till last minute, and could even score second, but missed from a penalty spot

at least we are out from relegation zone

I started typing about Sevilla and Valencia, but nope, I'm not getting tricked. I do hope you're right and they're going on a win streak now to La Liga survival, though I'll be upset I won't be taking advantage of odds en route.

On the other hand, Sociedad and Villareal let me down today... and I have an unintentionally big bet (you know when you miss a decimal and your mind knows but your finger clicks confirm anyway?) on Barca to end my Sunday, so I hope they play well!

I am also waiting on Barca on another ticket but I must admit I included Sevilla on another multi today, just had a feeling it is time for their season to turn. They were much better team throughout the whole match. Well deserved win and they got me enough money to even consider removing them from blacklist. Jury is still out on that one, no promises, but seems like I got into the grew when they are concerned. 2 in a row is not bad, looking forward to future opportunities.

Too bad my main ticket fell down on United but it is always nice when backup comes to the rescue.

[LTU_btc]

Damn, Barca is just incredible lucky. Another 0:1 win. And when you already think that our luck is over after Williams scored goal after perfect attack - here comes VAR which cancel goal - there was handball in start of attack. In such moments I have mixed feelings about VAR. It kills football atmosphere, but rules are rules and everything was done right. Now we have 9 points lead against Real before El Clasico. If Real won't win it, I think we already can crown Barca, even draw would be enough for us.

I am also waiting on Barca on another ticket but I must admit I included Sevilla on another multi today, just had a feeling it is time for their season to turn. They were much better team throughout the whole match. Well deserved win and they got me enough money to even consider removing them from blacklist.

Yeah, it seems that Sevilla is back on track. It's too late for them to fight for UEFA spots, but they still can make some noise in Europa league, even if they're not one of favorites. Valencia also is slowly starting to show something, though it's probably too early to remove them from blacklists. But I hope that they will get out from relegation zone.

[Harkorede]

Valencia got a big win over Osasuna, and because this is a big win, one can conclude what a team status is, but hopefully Baraja will put our ship into mid-table region
with Gatusso or Voro, we would end up as draw last night, but now we are playing till last minute, and could even score second, but missed from a penalty spot

at least we are out from relegation zone

I started typing about Sevilla and Valencia, but nope, I'm not getting tricked. I do hope you're right and they're going on a win streak now to La Liga survival, though I'll be upset I won't be taking advantage of odds en route.

On the other hand, Sociedad and Villareal let me down today... and I have an unintentionally big bet (you know when you miss a decimal and your mind knows but your finger clicks confirm anyway?) on Barca to end my Sunday, so I hope they play well!

I am also waiting on Barca on another ticket but I must admit I included Sevilla on another multi today, just had a feeling it is time for their season to turn. They were much better team throughout the whole match. Well deserved win and they got me enough money to even consider removing them from blacklist. Jury is still out on that one, no promises, but seems like I got into the grew when they are concerned. 2 in a row is not bad, looking forward to future opportunities.

Too bad my main ticket fell down on United but it is always nice when backup comes to the rescue.

That's a pretty impressive win you've got there mate, congratulations! If this was suppose to be a back, the main would have been even more significant if Man Utd had won, but Casemiro being sent sure did had its effect on the game totally, imo it was a deserved red card because the tackle could have led to a horrific injury, If the player had intended to shoot the ball, and it more so needless tackle from Casemiro, but I really don't like the idea of him serving 3-4 match because of that, being sent of from the game was enough caution to me.

I hope Buwaytress ticket was just Barcelona win too, and not perhaps a BTTS, Over or Handicap, which must have meant he also won his bet.

[Trofo]

That's a pretty impressive win you've got there mate, congratulations! If this was suppose to be a back, the main would have been even more significant if Man Utd had won, but Casemiro being sent sure did had its effect on the game totally, imo it was a deserved red card because the tackle could have led to a horrific injury, If the player had intended to shoot the ball, and it more so needless tackle from Casemiro, but I really don't like the idea of him serving 3-4 match because of that, being sent of from the game was enough caution to me.

I hope Buwaytress ticket was just Barcelona win too, and not perhaps a BTTS, Over or Handicap, which must have meant he also won his bet.

My main ticket is way less impressive, idea behind the main ticket is big stake, smaller odds which hopefully results with won tickets most of the time. Thise are the tickets that keep my betting bank in the green and multi tickets like the one above are cherry on top when they pass, but that is not often.

Casemiro ban is 4 games per card rules, has nothing to do with intensity of start. First direct red got him 2 games, 2nd one yesterday means automatic 4 games ban.

[slaman29]

Nice win Trofo! Which ticket did you have Barca on? Also multibet? And how much did you bet, buway? Don't be afraid to share If you say big bet, then I think of double digit mbtc at least like Trofo!

I have to be very happy with the win of course, but unfortunately all my Barca tickets were multibets so it was pointless for betting.

LTU_btc is right however, we were incredibly lucky because VAR saved the day and I agree. If there was handball at start of attack, or any kind of offside even, I now see that game plays on UNLESS there is a goal.

I know it is supposed to be for flow, but what is the point of playing on if a goal will be cancelled for foul/handball/offside right? I agree, we just need a draw but I want us to win next Clasico.

[buwaytress]

Nice one Trofo man! I know we bet differently, but I really like seeing these 5-leg ones pass, especially with risky (to me) picks like Sevilla. You really think they're turning the corner?

I hope Buwaytress ticket was just Barcelona win too, and not perhaps a BTTS, Over or Handicap, which must have meant he also won his bet.

Yeah. Simple ML. The odds were interesting for me, thought it was great value with Lewie back in the lineup. It was one hell of a lucky win, though, from the reports I read, home fans were booing the refs and chanting for Barca relegation. I know the refereeing quality in La Liga has been abysmal but I'm not sure any of that's Barca's fault.

And how much did you bet, buway? Don't be afraid to share If you say big bet, then I think of double digit mbtc at least like Trofo!

I know it is supposed to be for flow, but what is the point of playing on if a goal will be cancelled for foul/handball/offside right? I agree, we just need a draw but I want us to win next Clasico.

I'm a very, very casual player and let's just say most of my underdog bets are in the region of $5 (depending on BTC price), so you can imagine I if the odds are far lower, my stake kind of corresponds. Very good win for me, and a happy mistake to make, x10 my intended stake, but it wasn't really an important bet.

I'm also not a fan of VAR recalls for events that happened way before a goal.

The one that annoys me the most is obvious offsides or fouls that are allowed to play on, when refs should know a goal would require VAR recall anyway -- I do enjoy games being in flow but really hate to see that defenders and keepers have to put themselves in dangerous situations "in case the foul or offside isn't made".

Consistency again, is what we want. That's all.

[Harkorede]

I hope Buwaytress ticket was just Barcelona win too, and not perhaps a BTTS, Over or Handicap, which must have meant he also won his bet.

Yeah. Simple ML. The odds were interesting for me, thought it was great value with Lewie back in the lineup. It was one hell of a lucky win, though, from the reports I read, home fans were booing the refs and chanting for Barca relegation. I know the refereeing quality in La Liga has been abysmal but I'm not sure any of that's Barca's fault.

I'll literally still pick refereeing in La Liga over that of the overly exposed Premier League, but then even if the referee are in favor of Barcelona, I don't see any of them suiting up for the Barcelona team in defense, because you don't keep that kind of defensive record in the league with just referees biases, even prime time defensive Barcelona of the peak Gerard Pique, Carles Puyol and Rafa Marquez didn't never had it this good, not even Barcelona of the Messi, Suarez and Neymar era had it this good, 47 goals scored, in 25 games and just 8 conceded all season long so far, men, I know the team is still coming short in Europe but they really do deserve their flowers for the performance in the league, no question!

Just enjoy your win bro!, and let's look forward to the drama at the Santiago Bernabeu on Wednesday.